enhttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/web/x/nav/group.html_16493380.htmlRecitation of MantrasSat, 01 Aug 2015 03:53:06 +0100720Copyright: The Berzin Archives, www.BerzinArchives.comDr. Alexander BerzinDr. Alexander Berzinhttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/web/images/global/logo.gifRecitation of Mantrashttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/web/x/nav/group.html_16493380.html100145Recitation of MantrasDr. Alexander BerzincleanRecitation of Mantrashttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit.mp3http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit.mp3(<em><a href="http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit.mp3" style="font-size:smaller" title="Recitation of Mantras">audio + transcript</a></em>) <br /><br />There are many ways of reciting mantras. One is vocally and one is mentally. So that is actually listed in the ways of how to recite mantras. And there’s ways of reciting mantras in which you actually visualize the letters and recite it mentally that way, or imagine that the letters themselves are giving off the sound. There is a whole long list of different ways in which one works with mantras. But if we look more deeply, we want to be able to train our body, speech, and mind. Not just our body and mind, or not just our mind. Speech has to do with communication, so that’s really quite important. If we want to help others, teach others, etc., we need to communicate; so we use speech, as human beings.<br /><br /> And so on one level, working out loud with mantras is at least turning speech to something positive, because we integrate: the body in a certain position, imagining that we are a certain deity; reciting a mantra; and keeping in mind either compassion, clarity of mind, or whatever is the representation there. So it’s a way of integrating the three together – body, speech, and mind.<br /><br /> On a deeper level, then, the mantra is involved with the breath and involved with the energy. The energy and the breath of the body are very closely related from a Buddhist analytical point of view. And so a mantra gives a regular rhythm to the breath and to the energy which, in terms of brain waves or whatever, has a certain benefit. So if we are just working on that level of establishing a more<a href="http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit.mp3" title="Recitation of Mantras">...</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit.mp3" style="font-size:smaller" title="Recitation of Mantras">http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit/Recitation_of_mantras_32bit.mp3</a>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:38:20 +0100